09/23/14 Issue

Henderson State University - Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - Volume 108, Issue 5

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MODEL STUDENTS New club tackling world problems

BY MONICA RODRIGUEZ Model United Nations club is a new club on Henderson’s campus. Model UN is a club where students learn about diplomacy, relations that deal with international matters and the United Nations itself. Dixon Cooper, lecturer of accounting, brought this idea to some of his colleagues. They were interested and pushed for a club to form on campus. Cadra McDaniel, administrative specialist, and Brenda Ponsford, dean of the school of business, are both co-advisers for the Model UN Club.

“I’m a big fan of students getting away from campus at some point while they’re here,” Cooper said.

“One of the activities is that we go to a conference either in Washington or New York,” Cooper said. “The Washington conference is about three days and the New York

conference is about six or seven days.”

Not only do they learn about what the United Nations is all about but they also go out of state and make presentations, do public speaking and debate over certain issues on the country that they are representing. This club asks for no fees and is available to any student with any major. It’s open to all classifications and welcomes all students with different backgrounds.

“We were all students once so we understand,” McDaniel said.

In the future when they do start going to conferences, students will have some travel expenses but they’re going to try to do some activities and some fundraising to try and keep down the out of pocket costs Cooper said.

“There is a need for more clubs like this

FOG OF CONFUSION Vaping blazes a new trail

BY MADISON MACNEW Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, was celebrated as World Vaping Day. The use of electronic, vaporized cigarettes is a trend that has taken hold in many young people’s lives recently.

The devices use battery power to activate small electric heating elements, which heat e-liquids to create a vapor that simulates a real cigarette smoke. The vapor is inhaled just like any normally smoked cigarette.

However, the fluid that creates the vapor is generally flavored in any assortment to the

consumer’s liking, including an original flavored menthol or varying fruity flavors.

Arkadelphia became home this past summer to a franchise, Vapor Spot, that specifically sells vapor pens, e-cigarettes and accessories for such products. One of 10 stores, the Arkadelphia location has attracted attention from surrounding residents.

The most obvious benefit of vaping rather than smoking for a nicotine fix is the avoidance of carcinogens, which are cancer-causing

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around the world,” Ashley Childs, junior sociology major said. “I’m so happy Henderson is making this effort and proving once again that we are the school with a heart.”

Childs is very excited about what this club has to offer especially because it’s helping her to find solutions to real world problems. She says that it’ll help her a lot in the future as she plans to work as a counselor for human trafficking victims.

“You’re learning in a fun environment so you almost don’t realize that you’re learning,” McDaniel said.

One thing that they would like to do in the future is to offer it as a course so the students can do credit for the work that they get and

for attending the conferences. When Cooper was at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville he went with the Model UN club to New York City and they visited several different embassies such as the Japanese Embassy.

They were able to meet ambassadors of different countries.

“We’re all in this together,” Cooper said.

Model UN tries to focus on issues that concern the whole world and as the UN, tries to find solutions to real world problems. This club is for all students. Especially those who are interested in what the UN has to offer and learning about what the UN is all about.

“Any topic that the world faces is covered by the UN,” McDaniel said.

substances. Many people purchase the vapor pens to quit that bad habit, or at least wean themselves off of cigarettes.

“I see people quit smoking left and right with it. Much safer and more options,” Kindal Williams, assistant manager of Vapor Spot, said.

“All the ingredients included in our liquids [are] propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, natural and artificial flavors, and nicotine if desired,” Williams said.

Vaping also provides a way for smokers to get their nicotine fix in non-smoking locations.

There are, however, potential health concerns. The nicotine addiction is still a concern for some medical professionals. Despite the lack of tobacco, tar and the carcinogens,

nicotine is still present for most users. These health risks are similar to any other nicotine replacement therapies such as nicotine patches and chewing gum. Because vaping hasn’t been around very long, there are no tests on the long-term effects of using the devices, neither good nor bad.

The Arkansas Clean Indoor Air Act of 2006 prohibited the use of tobacco in particular public buildings and facilities. Even further, in 2009, the Clean Air on Campus Act was passed.

Because the e-cigarettes don’t contain tobacco, this rule can be easily surpassed or overlooked by the use of vapor pens and e-cigarettes.

If harmful smoke isn’t produced, it can practically go unnoticed.

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COMIC SHINES FOR FEW Comedian delivers despite low crowd turn-out

BY MARIAH DELAVEGA Who doesn’t love a good comedy show?

Everybody loves a good laugh, but did anyone know that there was a comedy show here at Henderson?

“The thing I didn’t like about the show was that there weren’t a lot of people there, so it felt empty,” Robin Campbell, junior early childhood education said. “They missed out.”

Nema Williams, comedian, took the spot light here at Henderson, Sept. 15.

He has been in comedy for 15 years. Williams started off doing theater, and then from there he went into comedy.

When Williams was in the middle of a gospel play, there were technical difficulties with the lights on the stage.

The people in charge of the play told Williams to go up on stage and kill time.

He went up there and started making the crowd laugh and he loved that feeling.

Williams enjoyed his time here in Arkadelphia, and said that this wasn’t his first time here in “the Delph.”

He said he went to the school across the street, Ouachita Baptist University.

“I really enjoyed this school. The crowd was quiet and I could tell that they were listening to me. I’ve been to many schools where the crowd was rowdy, especially when there was only one comedian,” Williams said. “I thought the crowd was great, I will come back anytime you guys want me to come back.”

Most of the students who went to the comedy show enjoyed themselves.

“I really enjoyed the show, I thought he was really funny,” Campbell, sophomore early childhood education major said.

Campbell said it was her first time seeing a comedian live, and she said it’s better than watching any event on television.

She enjoyed the energy that Williams gave to the crowd.

She hopes Henderson brings more comedians to the campus.

SAB is in charge of school events on campus.

“I really like how SAB always hosts events

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like comedians,” Sarah Williams, senior mass media said.

She said that there wasn’t a time where she stopped laughing.

Most students didn’t know that there was a comedy show in the Lecture Hall.

“I really didn’t like the audience, it was too small. He deserves a bigger audiance so people could know he was here,” Randy Perry-Johnson, mass media major said.

“I thought he was really funny, the way he interacted with the crowd I thought that was really refreshing. I also liked how he went down stage and talked to people and how he talked to the guys on the football team and made them feel like a part of the show,” Perry-Johnson said.

Perry-Johnson hopes that Williams comes back to Henderson so people who missed out can see him.

“He was very confident and had so much energy, if he was nervous or scared I couldn’t tell,” Perry-Johnson said. “He’s so funny.”

Williams had another comedy show to go to in North Carolina. He was happy that people enjoyed the show. He would love to come back to Henderson again.

If Williams does come back hopefully Henderson will welcome him with a bigger crowd.

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COMIC RELIEF —Nema Williams, comedian, gives students a blast of laughs. Students look forward to Williams’ return in the future.

Williams attended Ouachita Baptist University and was previously doing theater before adapting to the comedic side of performing.

ROUGH TURF Stuck with the rough while the soft is under construction

BY ALEX DURHAM The word around campus is that the soccer intramural fields will be moved to the tennis courts.

“I heard that and didn’t think anything of it until I saw the soccer goals over there,” Jesse Roberts, freshman biology major, said.

Although this has stirred up a conversation on campus, the record has since been set straight.

The old tennis courts will become a parking area for all sporting events, including intramurals.

“The new location for the intramural fields is across the street from the baseball fields, right in front of Millcreek apartments,” Kristopher Dunn, director of campus recreation, said. “It is just a big, open, grassy field right now.”

This new intramural field – complete with

lights and greater recreational opportunities – is scheduled to be open next spring.

After losing two intramural fields to the new residence hall construction, many students have wondered where their beloved intramurals would take place and how events would proceed.

“I’m glad they are giving us a new intramural field, but it’s unfortunate that we don’t have the old ones to host tailgates on,” Janie Green, junior education major, said.

The new spot for the intramural fields will be the only outdoor location and the rest of the indoor sports will be held in the recreation center.

Events planned throughout the year on the intramural fields will be relocated depending on the season, weather and event.

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ROUGH PATCH—Intramural soccer will be played on a make-shift field until construction plans are completed in the spring.

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SHOWDOWN AGAINST THE STORM Henderson squared off against Southeastern Oklahoma on CBS Sports Network and crushed it 60-17

BY TAYLOR DANIELS The calm before the storm on the day before the nationally televised game against Southeastern Oklahoma State University was not so calm indeed. Everyone who could help was helping prepare Henderson show the country how Henderson does football. Everyone seemed to be more nervous than even our own Reddie football team. The crowd was excited.

“The team as a whole is looking forward to the crowd,” Cameron Devereaux, senior cornerback and athletic training major said.

“Having this opportunity to perform on a bigger stage with a bigger crowd makes our hard work and dedication on the field finally pay off.”

The crowd was huge to say the least, with having the biggest attendance so far this season with 6,178 fans. The coaches kept reminding the team that this is just another game but a bigger opportunity to give Henderson the exposure they deserve. They wanted them to

remember to ignore the cameras as much as possible. The day of the game brought different types of nerves and rituals.

“I just keep trying to sleep until the game starts so I don’t have to think about it,” Joseph Snapp, junior wide-receiver, said, “it’s really helping me cope with my nerves and not get over excited about tonight.”

Snapp ended the game with a career-best seven catches for 120 yards During the game a lot of big things happened for the Reddies, besides being televised. Records were broken and some history was made. Not only was the first play of the game a 62-yard touchdown

by Snapp from Kevin Rodgers, Rodgers threw his 100th career touchdown pass and set the new Arkansas collegiate career passing record with 11,035 yards.

The previous record was held by Ryan Aplin of Arkansas State with 10,758 yards.

“I’m humbled,” Rodgers said. “The reason I was able to set a new record was because of

my offensive line, receivers, coaches and all of my teammates. They deserve the record because without them I would be nothing, they have been with me since day one.”

Rodgers completed 29 of 41 passes for 382 yards while the whole night totaled 627 yards offensively and only allowing just 274 yards on defense. The first quarter ended with Henderson leading 18-7 and it did not slow down from there.

Although the second quarter ended with a touch-down from each team, Henderson continued to lead the Savage Storm. The third quarter was low scoring but the final quarter had bigger numbers for the Reddies, scoring 28 points and making it a shut out quarter for SOSU. After every time Henderson brought up a first down the crowd and announcer would chant and fill the Carpenter-Haygood stadium with, “First and ten, Henderson!”

The coaches were proud of the outcome and the hard work put into each and every

day of practice, and each week the team has a game they are always wanting to get better.

“There is always improvements you can make, we’re never too proud to think we’re good enough,” Coach Espinoza said. “We are humble enough to prepare and confident enough to perform.”

Preparation is something this team does well, whether it is film, the weight room or on the field, the Reddies worked hard to get where they are today. With the help of a saying all the coaches instill in their heads.

“This is the most important game of the year because it is the next game on our schedule,” Coach Espinoza said. “Moving forward makes East Central University now the most important game of the year because it is our next game on our schedule. Can’t look ahead and can’t look behind.”

The Reddies will be on the road again to face East Central University at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27.

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THE BIG NIGHT

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1. Britany Carter, a sophomore undeclared major, is tooting her horn preparing the way to Reddie victory.

2. The Henderson swim team stands in honor during the National Anthem.

3. Within seconds of the start of the game, Joseph Snapp led the Reddies in one of many touchdowns.

4. Rodney Bryson caught a pass from Kevin Rodgers to score another touchdown.

5. CBS Sports Network chose to spotlight Henderson this past week on national television. Kevin Rodgers broke the Arkansas collegiate record for completed touchdown passes on national television.

6. After Henderson crushed the Savage Storm, President Glendell Jones talks with the NCAA reporter covering the televised game.

COVER: Joseph Snapp scores. Photo courtesy of HSU Media Relations.

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CAUGHT UP IN REDD TAPE Faculty led cover band rocks Arkadelphia

BY JACOB LANKFORD There’s really no other experience like seeing a band perform live. The VFW in Caddo Valley is now the home of the band, Redd Tape, who will be performing there on occasional Fridays and every Friday starting in November.

Redd Tape, a band made up of Assistant Professor of Communication and Theatre Arts Paul Glover, mass media senior, Chris Ingram, and Henderson alums, Megan Earnhart and Josh Sabo, have performed at venues all over Arkadelphia.

The band has also played at Magic Springs opening a pre-party for Daughtry and Switchfoot. They are looking to expand and play in other venues all over the state.

Redd Tape came together sometime during the summer of 2013 after Earnhart, Glover and Sabo, who were playing in another Henderson band called Blind Opie, took some time off and decided to start another band.

“We all came together and narrowed the name down to Redd Tape after a bunch of suggestions from everybody,” Glover said. “It just seemed to fit.”

After coming up with a name, everybody took their places. Earnhart would be the band’s singer, Glover would play guitar and Sabo would play drums.

After the addition of Ingram on bass, the four band members were ready to plug in, turn up and start playing music.

MEDIA FOR THE MASSES CBS award winning director shares his story of success with media students

BY MOE SKINNER Henderson’s mass media majors recently received exposure to a behind the scenes perspective from one of the best in the business.

CBS televised last week’s Reddie football 6017 victory over SE OKlahoma and with the coverage also came the Emmy award winning director, Mark Grant and his crew.

Grant traveled a day early to share his story with students in Assistant Professor of Communication and Theatre Arts Paul Glover’s classes. Among the topics were his early days, leverage and the Dr. Seuss book, “Green Eggs and Ham.” When Grant first enrolled at LSU he was a pre-med student with dreams of becoming a doctor.

That soon disappeared when his grades did not accommodate his vision. Like a lot of success stories, a girl came into the equation and changed the whole ballgame. For Grant, it was Romona. So much so, that Grant changed his major to Broadcast Journalism.

In 1979, Grant and Romona went to watch a basketball game when Grant spotted some new announcers calling the game. They wore

red sport coats and on their backs in white letters was ESPN. Grant said he thought who is ESPN( pronounced E-SPiN)? Grant later found out that ESPN was a new 24 hour all sports channel and they were going to revolutionize the way sports was being broadcasted at the time. As Grant returned to his seat by Romona he told her, I’m going to work for them one day. Grant described the experience as gaining a direction.

Grant spoke about helping out when the ESPN crew would come to town and getting that exposure.

“I was drinking the Kool-Aid,” said Grant.

“Seeing what they were doing.”

Eventually, Grant worked his way up to cameraman. Now, ESPN was calling him when they were coming to town. At the same time, Grant was producing for local cable. He credits his experiences freelancing for ESPN as a host that generated ways for Grant to make the local cable show better. Pretty soon Grant’s work was winning awards like, the ACE award, the highest award in cable television.

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“At first it was kind of difficult, I didn’t click with Josh as a drummer and it’s taken the better part of the year just for me to understand his constantly evolving style,” Ingram said. “However, now we’re tight and can feed off of each other which is something I’ve never experienced with a drummer before.”

When it comes to instruments, everyone in the band has gear that they regularly use when performing live shows at venues.

Glover uses a Fender Telecaster, a Fender Sonoma acoustic, Sabo uses Pearl drums and Ingram uses one bass guitar he calls a “Frankenstein” guitar. It’s a bass made out of a Fender body, a Kramer 700ST neck and a DiMarzio bladed pickup.

As far as equipment goes Earnhart uses various mics, Glover uses a Marshall amp and Ingram has a pedalboard with a few effects and loads of other equipment.

“The sound is thick, meaty and gritty but still stands out amongst the banging drums

and loud guitar,” Ingram said.

The band covers rock and that genre can be broken down into several different types, they play classic rock, modern rock and some pop rock that they “amp” up.

While they are a cover band, Redd Tape also takes some time out of their daily lives to work on original material to perform live and when they decide to work on original material they all try to work together.

“Sometimes the rhythm section will try to have something together, as sometimes it’s hard for Megan to come when we have a writing day,” Ingram said. “It’s really hard to keep the cover set list fresh and learn new songs all the time while simultaneously trying to write new songs.”

A few select cover songs that the band plays are “Barracuda” by Heart, “Paranoid”

by Black Sabbath, “Chain of Fools” by Aretha Franklin, “Bullet the Blue Sky” by U2 and “Beast” by Nico Vega.

Soon after, ESPN noticed and offered Grant a job as an assistant director. After failing to negotiate a new weekly schedule from the cable company, Grant quit on the spot.

He signed on with ESPN in 1987 and worked as an assistant director for the next couple of years.

That wasn’t enough for Grant though. He was the number two man but he wanted to be the one calling the shots, the director. Destiny rang out before a weekend game and Grant was offered his shot to sit in the hot seat. He accepted and directed the game and on Monday, ESPN promoted Grant to director.

Grant stuck around ESPN until 1998. His future would later be decided because he had failed to mail his contract back in to ESPN. Grant’s agent soon called him and asked had he mailed the contract and Grant said no and he would get it in the mail right away but, his agent said “No!” Grant soon heard from his agent that CBS had the NFL rights and were looking for directors, and they were interested in him. After flying Grant to New York City for an interview, they contacted Grant and made an offer. ESPN had the option to match the offer and did so and a bidding war began.

Grant’s agent played with the checkbooks of both companies until ESPN conceded. In the end, the difference in Grant’s ESPN salary and his new CBS contract was $98,000.

If you have leverage, then you are in charge

of your situation.

Before Grant finished, he gave a little knowledge from an unexpected source, Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham.” “It’s about getting out of your comfort zone,” said Grant. “Sometimes it’s about letting go of things that hang you up.”

Grant concluded his talk with students about giving a positive job performance.

Companies hire you to make the company better, they don’t hire you to be a bully, Grant said. You don’t have to be at the top to make the company better, often times it’s the people on the bottom that make it better.

“I’m bringing my A game, I let the crew know I’ve invested in the game,” Grant said.

“I bring something to the game that says I’ve done my homework, now you have to do yours.”

He’s not the only one with homework.

“I want them to step up to my level,” Grant continued. “I push people but, I like it when they push me back. I like to make people feel like part of the team.”

Grant was generous and gave Henderson’s media majors access to the CBS production truck and it was breathtaking just sitting idle with all the monitors and equipment mounted strategically along the inside. Grant and his crew breathed life into the semi at game time and it was like watching a seven course meal being juggled and never spilling a drop.

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EMBRACE YOUR DESTINY Bungie’s new title provides a good online experience

BY DAX GUILLIAMS On Sept 9, the developers of the Halo franchise, Bungie, released Destiny, a new IP to their list of games. The new title, Destiny, is Bungie’s attempt at changing the first-person shooter genre by introducing MMO and RPG elements.

From the very beginning of the game, Destiny’s visuals and music are impressive.

The environment is so detailed that players will want to explore every fine detail of an desolate landscape or a broken building.

From the player character’s footsteps to sniper rounds echoing through the air, each and every noise sounds incredible.

Even the voice acting sounds amazing. Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones provides his voice for Ghost, the robot companion that aids the player on their journey. In fact, the player character has less lines than Ghost, but that‘s definitely a plus since Dinklage‘s voice is so good.

There are three classes available to play as and all three come with two subclasses. Players will start the game as one subclass and unlock the second once they become level 15.

The Titan class focuses on close range combat and the use of tough armor to survive as many attacks as possible. The Hunter’s specialty is the use of long range or short range combat based on which subclass, Gunslinger or Bladedancer, is being played. The Warlock is essentially the “mage” of the game as they wield special magic on the battlefield along with their guns.

The story of the game, along with the design of the enemies, is the weakest element Destiny has to offer. A generic tale of “good humans versus bad aliens” is mostly what’s being told through cut scenes and dialogue from Ghost and the evil alien races aren’t visually impressive.

Not only do the enemies look bad, but

FEATURES they’re also unintelligent. There are moments where the enemies will keep their backs turned against players and they can just be struck down with a quick melee attack. Thankfully, most story missions have AI that will provide a good challenge.

Because Destiny is online only, the battlefield and the central hub of the game will have more than just one person running around.

Players can interact with each other on the fly and can fight the enemy together.

This brings up the question on whether or not the online for Destiny is good. The answer is both yes and no.

Teaming up on the battlefield or doing raids with other characters works just fine.

Destiny has one of the best online experiences due to virtually no lag and easy accessibility, but the lack of random matchmaking means players will have to invite their friends to join them.

This means players will need at least eight people from their friends list in order to successfully start and complete any raid. This makes Destiny more of a co-op game than an MMO. The competitive side of Destiny is also both good and bad in terms of it being online.

Matches are easy to jump into and are a lot of fun, but super moves kind of break the game.

Anytime anyone unleashes their classes super, they will get kills as supers as one-hit kills in almost any circumstance.

However, that sort of balances the game.

If each class’ super meter increases at the same rate and they all cause one-hit kills, all players have the potential of getting kills.

Ultimately, Destiny is a fun experience and an interesting take on first-person shooters and RPGs, but only if players are willing to play the full game. If any of the game modes sound uninteresting, don’t pick the game up.

Destiny excels in its accessibility to the game modes, but because these modes don‘t bring anything new to the table, it‘s an all-or-nothing title.

But don’t let that turn you off to the game.

Bungie clearly put an effort into the game and they want gamers to find enjoyment in this title.

Bungie has stated that they plan to keep providing content for Destiny for the next 10 years. If this is true, Destiny is sure to get better as it just needs a little more polish to really make its mark on the gaming industry. It is worth the $60 price tag, but only if players are willing to put time into the whole game.

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